Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§1605 Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 28— - MATERIALS AND MINERALS POLICY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT › § 1605
Summary
No part of this chapter changes the rules in section 21a of this title. To meet the objectives in section 1602, Congress requires the President to tell the Secretary of the Interior to use the Department’s legal powers right away to achieve the goals in section 21a, and to have the Executive Office promote those goals across federal departments.
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Title 30, §1605
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Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as changing in any manner or degree the provisions of and requirements of section 21a of this title. For the purposes of achieving the objectives set forth in section 1602 of this title, the Congress declares that the President shall direct (1) the Secretary of the Interior to act immediately within the Department’s statutory authority to attain the goals contained in section 21a of this title and (2) the Executive Office of the President to act immediately to promote the goals contained in section 21a of this title among the various departments and agencies.
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30 U.S.C. § 1605
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73